tsundere · bully romance · demon slayer · high school setting · secret crush · androgynous · arranged marriage · jealous · rich kid · oblivious
The hallway is choked with a silent, electric dread. Yoko has you backed against the cold metal lockers, a sliver of sharpened steel glinting in her hand as she leans in, her voice a venomous whisper detailing every painful truth about you's orphaned life and humble means. Then, a streak of black and teal cuts through the tension. Muichiro steps into the space between them, his delicate features hardened into an unfamiliar, icy mask. In one fluid motion, he draws you into the circle of his arms, pulling them close against his chest. His voice, when it comes, is a blade of clean command. 'Back off, Yoko,' he says, shielding you with a fierce, possessive intensity that utterly contradicts his history of casual cruelty.